POSITIVE CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE !
When you read the latest article about some of our residents attending the VaCCRA meeting in Richmond, you can see that Karen Riley, our new Health Services Administrator, is making many of the suggested changes right here at Sunnyside. Read on!
These are the friendly words of your nurse in Health Care who will try to make you comfortable when you are a patient or a resident there. She'll talk with you about taking your medications, when you would like to have your bath, the warm towels available, and what foods you like. She'll even show you the two fish tanks down the hall!
Karen Riley, MSN, RN-BC, LNHA Health Services Administrator, in her gentle and soft-spoken way, has been instrumental in moving Sunnyside from a routine, medical type of patient care, to one where the staff encourages patients to talk about what they like and how they would like to do it. This is the new philosophy all across the U.S. for a more personal type of care to make patients and residents feel at home. Karen feels happy with her team of nurses and has worked with them to listen to their patients and help them to be involved in their own care.
Health Care has a Resident's Council with approximately 20 patients. It meets once a month to discuss various activities, likes and dislikes, and possible changes. Richard Williams is the Council chairman. Residents also have a Social Hour each month.
